Interesting collection of images, but why the hell refer to Jacob Riis? If you have a look at his book and read the text, it's enough to see he made overtly racist comments about immigrants, despite being an immigrant himself. Although his images led to a general improvement of the living conditions among the poorest, it does not seem to have been his aim. I suggest reading: Sally Stein, “Making Connections with the Camera: Photography and Social Mobility in the Career of Jacob Riis,” Afterimage 11, no. 10 (May 1983): 9-16 In this light, I'm not convinced about the reference to the title of his book... Sure, the images by Harris show the successful African Americans ('talented tenth') but I don't find the title suitable at all...

My grandfather Bill Harris and Teenie Harris were best friend and started the Crawford grill later know as Pittsburgh Crawford's and he love my father like he was his own child. He was a great soccer and baseball player........ MSG Robin L Harris

I saw an amazing show of Walker Evans' photographs at the Florence Griswold Museum in CT. Some of the iconic images - e.g., a sharecropper family - were blown up many times and printed at very high resolution. The effect is amazing: you see the family, as poor as they are, living in a place that is spotless, absolutely spotless, just barren of anything that costs money. His photo of photos on display at a photographer's reveals each individual person. They also showed some of his shots of people working in places like Chicago. Amazing stuff you normally see only at magazine inset size.